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INDEX. 



Coal.— For Two Boys 5 

The Seasons. — Four Little Girls 7 

Miss Prim.— For Three Little Girls 8 

A Silk Dress.— Two Little Girls 11 

Salt.— Two Boys 13 

Gunpowder. — Two Boys 15 

Kinds of Weather.— Four Children 17 

The Pets.— Five Children 18 

Glass.— Two Boys 21 

School.— Two Boys »' .... 22 

Choice of Occupation. — Boys » ... 24 

Calico.— Two Girls 26 

Wool.— Two Boys 28 

How to Make Sugar 29 

Shoes.— Two Girls 31 

A Pile of Gold 33 

Learning to Cook 36 

Choice of Occupation. — Girls . 38 

Bark. — For Two Boys 41 

Colors.— Two Girls 43 

Wishes. — Boys and Girls .45 

Choice of Flowers. — Four Girls 48 

Tobacco. — Two Boys . , . . c . , . . 50 



4 INDEX. 

Ink. — Two Boj'^s . . , 52 

Days or the Week. — Five Children , 54 

The Sick Doll. — Two Girls • • # 57 

Gypsies. — Two Girls 59 

Stamps. — Two Boys 61 

Little Woekmen. — Two Speakers 65 

The Compass. — Three Boys 67 

Songs or Nations. — Four Boys 69 

Pins.— Two Girls 71 

The Arts.— Five Boys or Girls 74 

Watches.— Two Girls 76 

Other Little People. — For five Boys and Girls . • 78 

The Camel.— Two Boys 79 

The Kainbow. — Seven Children 83 

Ways of Travelling. — Two Boys 85 

Fairy Folk. — Two Bojs and two Girls 87 

KuBiES and Pearls. — Two Girls 88 



Little Dialogues for Little People 



COAL. 

FOR TWO BOYS. 

John, I think I 'd like to be a coal miner and 
dig out ever so many wagon-loads of coal. 

Tom. What would you dig your loads out of? 
John. Why, out of coal mines, of course. 
Where did you think I 'd get it ? 

Tom, I didn 't know ; that is the reason I 
asked. What are coal mines like ? 

John. I can't tell you what they are like, only 
I suppose they are like coal mines; but I never 
saw one. 

Tom. And they are ever so deep down in 
the ground, are they ? 
John, Yes, mostly. The big trees had to be 
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down in the ground before they could turn to 
coal. 

Tom. I thought coal grew itself ; I did n't 
know it was made of wood. 
John. But how can anything grow itself? 
Tom. I thought may be stones turned to coal. 
John. No ; it 's the trees that grew hundreds 
of years ago and were covered with earth, and 
very likely water, and instead of rotting as 
you 've seen logs in the woods, they turned to 
coav. 

To7n. Well, that is very curious. But I do n't 
believe I want to be a coal miner. 

John. It must be hard work, and it 's danger- 
ous, too ; but I think I 'd like to be a miner. 
Tom, What danger is there ? 
John. Oh, sometimes the mines cave in and 
the miners are smothered to death. 

Tom. Yes, but the mines do n't always cave 
in, and you know sometimes carpenters fall from 
house-tops and get killed. 
John. Yes ; there 's danger in doing almost 



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anything. Not much show for cowards, is 
there ? 



THE SEASONS. 

FOUR LITTLE GIRLS. 

First Speaker, 

I love the pleasant summer time, 

I love the balmy air, 
When birds and bees fly 'mongst the trees, 

And flowers are everywhere. 

Second ^ Speaker, 
I love the cheery autumn best, 
When all the vines and trees 

Are full of fruit, 

Each taste to suit ; 
And every little breeze, 
From all the branches over head, 
Shakes down the leaves, brown, gold and red. 



LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Third Speaker. 
I love the winter best of all, 
There^s nothing half so nice, 

In plums or dates 

Or roller skates, 
As skating on the ice. 

Fourth Speaker. 
Each season has a charm for me, 
But spring is best of all, 

I plant my flowers, 

And sit for hours, 
To see the rain-drops fall. 



MISS PRIM. 

FOR THREE LITTLE GIRLS. 

Lucy. Did you ever see anything like the way 
May is doing lately ? 

Emma. What is she doing ? I do n't see her 
very often. 



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Lucy, Why she sits and sews like any old 
grandmother. And there 's no end to the knit- 
ting she does. 

Emma, But what does she do it for? And 
when does she have time ? 

Lucy, I do n't know what she does it for, un- 
less her mother makes her do it ; and I saw her 
yesterday evening, while I was playing croquet, 
sitting at the window sewing as if she was paid 
for it. 

Emma, Well, I would not do it. Perhaps 
she sits at the window to let people see how in- 
dustrious she is. 

Lucy. Perhaps she does — but here she comes ! 
Let 's talk to her about it. How do you do, 
Miss Seamstress ? Where 's your sewing ma- 
chine ? 

Emma, Where 's your scrap-bag and crochet 
needle ? 

May (laughing). You are nearest right, Em- 
ma, I have n't learned to use a sewing machine 
yet. 



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Lucy. But what are you learning to do? 

May. I'm learning to darn stockings, so as 
to help mamma a little. 

Emma, But why does n't your mother hire 
some one to darn the stockings ? 

May. She would if she knew of any one who 
would do it and do it nicely ; but why should n't 
I do it ? It is n't hard work ; and when papa saw 
me doing it he was so pleased, and as soon as I 
can do darning as nicely as mamma does, I 'm to 
have a silver thimble, besides being paid for the 
darning. 

Lucy. My father and mother give me money 
without working for it. 

Emma. So do mine, but I do believe I would 
be very proud if I could earn money as my 
brother does for tending two fires. 

May. Of course you 'd be proud, and you 'd 
be glad, too, to help your mother if she gets as 
tired as mine does. 

Lucy. My mother gets awfully tired, and 
sometimes she has hard headaches; too, I am 



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going to ask her to teach me to darn stock- 
ings. 

Emma, I '11 ask my mother, too. 

May, I *m so glad. It 's really nice, interest- 
ing work. You weave your bright little needle 
back and forth — and papa calls me spider half 
the time. Then it 's lovely to do work for those 
we love. 



A SILK DRESS. 

FOR TWO LITTLE GIRLS. 

Kitty, I 've been reading about silk vorms, 
and I want a silk dress. I think it must be 
funny to have a dress that was started by a but- 
terfly. 

Letty, Started by a butterfly ! I never heard 
of such a thing ! How could a butterfly start a 
silk dress? 

Kitty, It is the ^gg of the butterfly that 
hatches out the silk- worm. 

Letty, And what is a silk-worm like ? 



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Kitty. It 's like a caterpillar, of a yellowish 
white color. It is very particular about its food, 
and must have mulberry leaves. 

Letty. Well; and what does it do next? 
Where does the silk come from ? 

Kitty, The worm spins it, something as a 
spider spins his web, only the worm winds him- 
self up in a bag or case about the size and shape 
of a pigeon's ^gg, 

Letty. Then does it die in its case ? 

Kitty. Oh no. It seems to be dead for about 
ten days, then it eats its way out of the case and 
then it 's a butterfly. 

Letty, Well, that is very curious. And the 
butterfly does n't know anything about being a 
silk-worm, I suppose. 

Kitty, I suppose not, any more than we can 
remember when we were little babies. 

Letty. But where does the silk come from ? . 

Kitty. Oh, did n't I tell you ? The case that 
held the worm is made of very fine thread, 
wound around and around. This is unwound on 



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reels made for the purpose and is called raw 
silk. This is woven into ribbons and silk for 
dresses. 



SALT. 

TWO BOYS. 



John, There are more curious things in the 
world than a fellow could count in a month. 

Tom, Why, what 's so curious now. I have n't 
seen anything curious for a long time. 

John, You haven't? Well, I can tell you a 
pinch of salt is curious enough to keep one 
wondering for awhile. 

Tom. A pinch of salt ! Pshaw ! I think of 
salt like the youngster who defined it as some- 
thing that made potatoe^s taste bad when it was 
not put on. Nothing so very curious about salt. 
Joh7i, Well, I think I can ask you a good 
many questions about it that you can't answer. 
Tom, All right ; go ahead. 



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John, Well, here 's an easy one. What is 
marine salt ? 

Tom. Why, salt that '§ made from sea-water, 
of course. Everybody knows that. 
John. And what is spring salt ? 
Tom. Spring salt? Oh, you're springing a 
trap on me. There is no such salt. 

John, Yes there is, and it 's obtained from salt 
springs and salt wells. 

Tom. All right ; you wo n't catch me on rock 
salt ; I know all about that. 
John. But there are two kinds of rock salt. 
Tom. One kind 's enough for me, the kind 
that 's dug out of the salt mines at Cracow. 

John. But the purest salt of all is the kind of 
rock salt that is found on the rocks of Sicily and 
some of the West India islands. 

Tom. What kind is it, and where does it 
come from ? 

John. It comes from the spray of the sea and 
adheres to the rocks above high-water mark. 



LITtLE teOPLi:. 1$ 

The people of old times knew of no other rock 
salt than this. 

Tom. Well, that is curious. I 'd like to go 
into a salt mine, would n't you ? 

John, Yes, I would. But since we can not 
do that, suppose we go to the library and find 
some good book that tells about salt. 



GUNPOWDER. 

FOR TWO BOYS. 

Ben. I think the man who first made gun- 
powder ought to have been put in jail. 

Dick. Why so ? Gunpowder is a good thing. 

Ben. A good thing ! How can you say that 
when you know how much harm it does ? 

Dick, I know, it does harm, but it does good, 
too. 

Ben. I do n't see where the good is, I 'm s\ire 
it is not good to kill men* 



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Dick. No, but it is good for a miner. A lit- 
tle box of gunpowder will lift rocks that a hun- 
dred men could n't. 

Ben, Well, it is not very good when some- 
body drops a spark of fire by accident and makes 
a great explosion and fire. 

Dick. No, but it 's a good thing to have when 
a burglar 's coming in the house to take all he 
can carry, and maybe kill your father and 
mother. 

Ben. Yes. I did n't think of that. I wonder 
what it 's made of. 

Dick. Papa told me it was made of saltpetre and 
sulphur and charcoal, mixed together. 

Ben. What is saltpetre ? Anything like table 
salt? 

Dick. Not much. It 's a kind of salt, but it 
is not very pleasant to taste. Sometimes it 's 
good for sore throats. Long ago people used to 
call it nitre. 

Ben. And where does it come from ? 

Dick. It 's usually dug out of the ground, but 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 1 7 

in some parts of India it is found on the surface 
of the earth in thin crusts. 

Ben, Well, gunpowder is not all bad, then. 

Dick. No, it 's only bad when put to bad 

uses. 



KINDS OF WEATHER. 

FOUR CHILDREN. 

First Speaker. 

Oh, I like to have the rain pour down 

For half a day, don't you ? 
Then go to the creek when the sun is bright. 

And '^ paddle my own canoe.'* 

Second Speaker. 

I like a day when the shiny snow 
Covers streets and fields so wide, 

Then I take my sled and away I go, 
Tb the grand toboggan slide. 



l8 little: DIALOGftES FOlC 

Third Speaker, 
Oh, best for me are the spring-time days, 

When the sun is shining bright ; 
I know where to find the angle worms, 

And I know where the fish will bite. 

Fourth Speaker, 

I think I like the long, hot days, 

I lie in the shade of a tree, 
And read awhile, then sleep awhile. 

As lazy as I can be. 



THE PETS. 

FIVE CHILDREN. 

First Speaker, 

My dog knows every word I say, 
And he knows each thing that 's mine, 

And mamma says when I 'm away 
He '11 sit and fret and whine, 



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Until he sees me coming back, 

Then you should see him run, 
He '11 very nearly laugh and talk, 

As well as anyone. 

Second Speaker, 
I would n*t give my Maltese cat 

For all the dogs in town, 
I Ve seen her catch the biggest rat, 

And come and put it down 
Right at my feet, as if to say, 

''There now, just look at that.'* 
Your dog might run and bark all day 

And never catch a rat. 

Third Speaker. 
My dog is just as white as snow, 

When I can keep him clean ; 
He *11 sit upon a chair just like 

Most people I have seen ; 
And he puts out his paw to you, 

And shakes hands, just as nice! 
But I do n't believe he 's very smart 

At catching rats and mice: 



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Fourth Speaker, 

My dolly with her golden hair, 

Is just as sweet to me, 
As any dog or cat in town, 

And sweeter, for you see 
She can not bark the leastest bit 

And so she makes no noise. 
She can not walk, so never plays 

With naughty girls and boys ; 
She can't run after rats and mice. 

And I 'm glad, because 
I know she 'd run and jump at me, 

With awful dirty paws. 

Fifth Speaker. 

Yes, dogs and cats are very well, 

And a doll is not so bad. 
But the cutest, sweetest little pet 

That I have ever had 
Is the baby brother at our house ; 

He laughs and crows and cries. 
And he has the dearest little hands. 

And the brightest dark-blue eyes, 



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And the fattest, pinkest little feet, 
And sometimes he pulls my hair, 

And the other day he broke my doll, 
It was old, and I do n't care. 



GLASS. 

FOR TWO BOYS. 



Harry, Oh dear ! The teacher says our class 
must tell her in the morning what we know 
about glass. I wonder where we will begin ? 

Tom. I should say you ought to begin by 
telling what you know of the way glass is made. 

Harry, That would be a hard beginning for 
me. I do n't know anything about it. 

Tom, Well, I do n't know very much about it, 
but I know you must have melting pots. 

Harry. Well, and what do you melt in the 
pots? 

Tom. I think you take soda, and lime, and 



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fresh water river sand, and brick dust, and old 
broken glass. 

Harry. Well, that 's a sort of rag-bag. I 
should not think it would make very nice glass. 

Tom. No, it does n't, that is only for common 
glass bottles. 

Harry, And how do they make the nice, clear 
glass ? 

Tom. I do n't know, but I 'm going to ask 
papa or mamma ; I know they can tell us all 
about it. 

Harry, And maybe they can tell who first 
found out how to make it, too. 



SCHOOL. 



Dick, Oh, but I will be glad when school is 
out. 
John. Why so ? What do you want to do ? 



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Dick. Oh, anything! I believe I'd rather 
saw wood than to go to school. 

John. Well, I saw wood sometimes, but I 
do n't believe I 'd rather saw all day than go to 
school. 

Dick, Well, I 'm not sure but I would. Saw- 
ing wood is not such very hard work. 

John. No, it is n't so very hard for a little 
while, but when a fellow saws for three or four 
hours he must be pretty tired. 

Dick. Well, is n't a fellow pretty tired after 
going to school for three or four hours ? 

Johi. Not tired in the same way. I 've blist- 
ered my hands with a wood-saw, but I never did 
with a lead or slate pencil, or a piece of chalk, 
and not one of my books ever had a splinter in it. 

Dick. Well, I tell you I 've had a headache a 
good many times by going to school. 

John. Yes ; but as soon as you are out you 
feel like running and playing ball, or skating, or 
doing anything that 's in season. 



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Dick. Yes, of course. So I do after I saw- 
wood. 

John. But if your hands are blistered you 
can 't handle a bat or catch a ball very well, 

Dick. No. Then I look at the rest or go 
skating. 

JoJm, Well, I think it 's best to go to school 
and learn all we can or we may have to saw wood 
all day as some men do; and I don't believe 
you 'd like that. 



CHOICE OF OCCUPATION. 

FOUR BOYS. 

First speaker. 

I think I '11 be a blacksmith, 

I '11 build a roaring fire, 
I '11 have my bellows and I '11 blow 

The sparks up high and higher ; 



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I '11 make the finest kind of show 

For all the girls and boys, 
And nobody will ever say, 

*' Do stop that awful noise. " 

Second Speaker. 

I '11 be a farmer, I shall have 

Barns full of corn and wheat, 
And a cellar full of cider barrels, 

And lots of things to eat ; 
Like apples, peaches, pears and plums. 

Potatoes, melons, jams, 
''A horse to ride, and cows to milk, 

And sheep with little lambs. 

Third Speaker, 
I '11 be an editor, I '11 make 

The papers that you read ; 
I '11 know the stories of big snakes, 

And all about the speed 
Of horses at the fairs and things. 

And how elections go ; 
I '11 have passes on the railroads and 

To every kind of show. 



26 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Fourth Speaker. 

I think I '11 take to politics, 

I '11 see how laws are made, 
I '11 find out what the tariff is, 

And all about free trade ; 
And when I go to make a speech, 

How folks will run to see. 
And wave their hats, fire guns, and name 

Their babies after me ! 



CALICO. 

TWO LITTLE GIRLS. 

Lucy, Next summer when we go to visit 
auntie, I shall wear calico dresses all the time. 

Jenny, Does your auntie wear nothing but 
calico ? 

Lucy, Aunty ? Of course, she wears lawn 
dresses and white dresses, and I 'ye seen her 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 2"] 

have a nice silk, but she doesn't roll in the grass 
and play in the sand like cousin Bess and I do. 

Jenny. Well, I go to the country, too ; but I 
don't wear calico all the time. 

Lucy, What do you wear ? 

Jenny. Oh, white dresses and my summer 
silk and such things. 

Lucy, Well, I like to have a good time, and I 
do n't see why calico is n't as good as anything 
else. 

Jenny, It is n't nice and fine Hke lawn and per- 
cale, and it 's such an ugly name. 

Lucy, I don't think it an ugly name. It 
takes it 's name from the city of Calicut, where 
it was first made. \ 

Jenny, Well, I never thought that much about 
it. I did n't know where it was first made. 

Lucy, Papa told me all about it the other day. 
It 's made now in a good many places besides 
Calicut ; in England and the United States. 



28 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

WOOL. 
TWO BOYS. 

Harry, I read a funny story the other day 
about a coat that talked. 

Fred, A coat that talked ? What did it say ? 

Harry. It told the boy who wore it all about 
how it was made. 

Fred, Well, that must have been funny for 
the coat to talk; but making a coat isn't much. 

Harry, I think it \s a good deal more than I 'd 
want to do. I would n't have known what to do 
first if I had not read that story. 

Fred. The first thing to do is to get a pattern 
and cut out the coat. I 've seen tailors cut out 
clothes. 

Harry, Did you ever see anybody cut the 
wool off a sheep's back ? 

Fred. No. That is n*t making a coat. 
^ Harry. No, but it 's getting the wool to make 
the cloth. 



Little people. 29 

Fred, I never thought of that. I wonder what 
they do next. 

Harry. The wool is made into yarn and then 
woven into cloth. 

Fred. I believe I 'd like to go to a factory and 
see how it 's done. 

Harry. I would, too. The story I read told 
all about it, but I 'd like to see for myself. 



HOW TO MAKE SUGAR. 

Tom, Why did n't you come and play shinny 
with us this morning ? 

Hal. I had to go to the grocery and order 
.some sugar for mamma. 

Tom. How I do hate to do things like that. 
Why did n't you say you had n^t time ? 

'Hal. Because it would n't have been true. 
Mamma does n't ask me to do things that I have 
not time to do. 



30 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Tom. Well, you lost a good game this morn- 
ing. 

HaL I found out something about making 
sugar while the grocer was taking my order. 

Tom, What did you find out, and who told 
you ? 

HaL Papa told me the most ; but the first I 
heard two men talking in the grocery about the 
different kinds of sugar. 

Tom, I know there are different kinds of sugar, 
but I never thought of how it was made. 

HaL And did you know that some of it is 
made from sugar cane, and some from great big 
trees ? 

Torn, Oh, I know of sugar cane, I Ve seen 
pictures of it. It looks some like corn. 

HaL Yes, and the stalks are ground, or 
crushed, in a mill, and the juice is squeezed out, 
and then it is cooked a long time. 

Tom, Oh, that 's the way we make taffy. 

HaL Yes, only the sugar is boiled longer. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 3 I 

Tom. And how about the trees ? Are they 
ground up, too ? 

HaL No, they have pieces of the bark cut 
out, and a little spout put into the body of the 
tree. The sap runs through the spout, and when 
there is enough it is boiled till it turns to sugar. 

Tom. Well, that's a pretty good thing to 
learn in one morning. Next time mamma tells 
me to go to the grocery I wo n't grumble. 



SHOES. 

TWO GIRLS, 



Fanny, I Ve just been reading about Cinder- 
ella and her glass slipper. Did you ever read 
the story ? 

'Nelly. Oh, yes ; and I always think I would 
n't like to wear a glass slipper, because if I should 
strike against anything and break the glass, I 
might have a cut foot. 



32 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Fanny, Yes ; so you might. Have you seen 
those big wooden shoes that some people wear ? 

Nelly, Yes, I Ve seen them ; and mamma says 
some of our shoe soles are made of paper. 

Fanny, Yes, I know they are, for one day I 
saw my aunt Katie pull the sole of her kid boot 
all to pieces, after she had been walking on the 
wet pavement. 

Nelly. I want to learn to knit those nice 
woolen yarn slippers, and make mamma a pair 
for her birthday. 

Fanny. So do I for my mamma. I think it 
would be nice for us to learn together, and then 
work together. 

Nelly, So it would. But is n't it curious how 
many different things are used for shoes ? 

Fanny, Yes ; it is. Papa has heavy boots and 
tramps through the snow, and never takes cold. 

Nelly. And baby has the cutest httle shoes of 
all kinds of fine, soft leather or cloth. 

Fanny, Then papa wears velvet sHpperj in the 
house. "^ 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 33 

Nelly, Yes, and mamma has white satin shoes 
that she wears sometimes when she dresses in 
her nicest white dresses. 

Fanny, And lots of boys' shoes are made with 
copper toes. 

Nelly, Well I 'm glad some men know how to 
make all kinds of leather and cloth, so we can all 
have the sort of shoes we want. 

Fanny, So am I, and I 'm glad we do n't have 
to take off our shoes before going into church. 

Nelly, Who does that ? 

Fanny, I Ve forgotten. Let 's ask our teacher 
to tell us about it. 



A PILE OF GOLD. 

Fij'st Speaker, 
I wish I had a pile of gold, 

As high as any tree, 
I 'd buy a carriage and a horse, 

And a ship to sail the sea ; 



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I 'd have a real train of cars, 

And a railroad all my own, 
And a house and barn and wood-shed built 

Of the very best of stone. 

Second Speakei\ 
I wish I had a pile of gold, 

I 'd buy the Barnum show, 
And a rink and a toboggan slide, 

And then I think I 'd go 
To school about one-half the time, 

And then I 'd exercise, 
To make me strong. To study hard 

Is bad on people's eyes. 

Third Speaker. 

Well, if I had a pile of gold, 

I think I would n't fret 
About my eyes nor anything, 

I 'd go straight off and get 
A house full of the nicest books 

That ever I could see, 
And when my eyes got tired I 'd hire 

Some one to read to me. 



LITTLE PEOPLE, 35 

Fourth speaker. 

I wish I had a pile of gold, 

Such dresses I would buy ! 
A watch and chain and pins and rings, 

Till folks should say that I 
Had just the finest, nicest things 

Of any girl in town, 
And every servant in my house, 

Should have a satin gown. 

Fifth Speaker. 

Well, if I had a pile of gold, 

I 'd look in every street, 
To find the poorest folks and buy 

Them something nice to eat, 
And wood and coal to make them warm, 

And clothes for them to w^ear, 
And if I had no money left, 

I do n*t believe I 'd care, 
For everybody 'd be so glad, 

And they would love me so, 
I 'd have so many, many friends. 

Wherever I should go 



36 LITTLE dialogt;es for 

AIL 
Yes, that is right, and that is best, 

And we have all been told, 
How very much good may be done. 

With little piles of gold. 
So let us start, and from this day, 

Work on the simple plan. 
That with a pile of gold or not, 

We '11 do what good we can. 



LEARNING TO COOK. 

Bessy. Now, what is your finger tied up for ? 

Mary, I was playing cook this morning and 
burned it. 

Bessy, Playing cook? That's funny. Was 
there no one else to do^ cooking but you ? 

'Mary, Yes, I suppose so ; but Sally, who does 
the cooking, was busy at something, and I 
thought it very kind of her to show me where to 
find the things I wanted. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 37 

Bessy. What things did you want? 

Mary, I wanted some slices of bread and the 
bread toaster. 

Bessy, Oh, you made the toast ? 

Mary, I made toast for mamma. She was 
sick, and Sally had to hurry and get papa's 
breakfast so he could go down town. 

Bessy, And if your mamma was sick I would 
n't think she M be in a hurry for toast. 

Mary, But she wanted to sit at the table with 
papa, because she had something to say to him 
before he went down town. 

Bessy, And did she think the toast would 
make her feel better ? 

Mary. Yes ; the toast and tea. So I made 
both. Sally shows me how to cook whenever 
she can, and then when mamma is sick I can do 
such things for her and Sally can go on with her 
work. 

Bessy, And how did you happen to burn your 
finger ? 



38 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Mary, I touched the toaster in taking out a 
slice of bread. 

Bessy. Does it hurt very much ? 

Mary. No. Sally tied it up with some white 
of egg, and it does not hurt now. 



CHOICE OF OCCUPATION. 

GIRLS. 

First Speaker. 

I believe I 'd like to be a nurse, 

And wear a pretty cap, 
I think it very nice to hold 

A baby in my lap ; 
And I 'd take care of sick folks, too, 

How funny it would be, 
To stay up all the live-long night, 

Awake, and making tea. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 39 

Second Speaker. 

I think I '11 sing in opera, 

And have such lovely gowns, 
And I shall travel all the time, 

And visit all the towns ; 
You '11 see my name in all the bills, 

In letters wide and long, 
And all the folks will say of me, 

'' Yes, she 's the queen of song." 



Third Speaker. 

I 'm going to be a doctor, 

And I '11 be so very wise, 
I '11 look at all the people's tongues, 

And then I '11 shut my eyes, 
Say, *'Hem! Ah, yes — malaria," 

And pour the quinine down. 
And folks will say that I'm the best 

Physician in the town. 



40 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Fourth speaker, 

I guess I '11 be a teacher, 

But I wo n't have any rule, 
To make the children study hard, 

Or stay in after school ; 
/ would n't scold if they should want 

To tell some little jokes, 
For boys and girls like fun sometimes, 

As well as other folks. 



Fifth Speaker, 

1 'm going to be a lady, 

And go shopping every day, 
And when I get too many things, 

I '11 give them all away. 
To people who are very poor ; 

And I '11 go to all the balls, 
And when I 've nothing else to do, 

I '11 go and make some calls. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 4X 

Sixth Speaker. 

I 'm going to be a sister, 

And wear a plain black dress, 
And I wo n't need to frizz my hair. 

Nor wear tight shoes. I guess 
I would n't get so very tired, 

Of walking 'round all day, 
And asking people for old clothes — 

I '11 try it, anyway. 



BARK. 

FOR TWO BOYS. 



Harry. Did you ever, when in the woods, 
notice the difference of the bark on the trees ? 

Torn. Yes, and I 've often cut my name in 
the smooth bark of a beech tree. 

Harry. It would take deep cutting to put 
your name in the bark of a big oak tree. 

Tom. Yes, or in that of a .shag-bark hickory. 



42 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Hany. Papa told me of a good many things 
that bark is used for. 

Tom. Yes ; tell me about it. 

Harry. Some people make ropes of the bark 
of willow and linden trees. 

To7n, Oh, yes ; and you know they make 
quinine from the bark of a tree. 

Harry, Yes, and the Siamese make cordage 
of the bark of the cocoa tree. 

Tom. I do n't know what Siamese are. 

Harry. The people who live in Siam. 

Tom. Oh, yes ; I forgot. And another kind 
of bark is cinnamon. 

Harry. Yes. That kind of bark is good in 
apple pie, and fruit cake, and some kinds of 
pickles. 

Tom. Where is it the people make cloth of 
bark ? 

Harry. Somewhere in the East Indies, but 
I Ve forgotten the kind of tree. 

Tom. So have I ; but I wo n't forget that tan- 
ners use oak bark in making leather. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 43 

Harry. Nor that the cork tree is about as 
useful as any tree that grows. 

Tom. Did you know that the people who 
lived long ago wrote books on the bark of ash 
and lime trees ? 

Harry. No. Did they ? It must have been 
very smooth bark. 

Tom. They used the inside bark, and papa 
says some of these books are more than a thous- 
and years old. 



COLORS. 

TWO GIRLS. 



Faulty, Mamma has been telling me something 
about the colors that are used for our dresses 
and cloaks and hats. 

Belle. Yes, I think that would do to talk 
about for a long time. 



44 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Fanny. I am going to find out all I can about 
it. Do you know what colors are made of? 

Belle. I know about indigo. 

Fanny. Do you ? Mamma did n't tell me 
about that. I know how it looks, but I do n't 
know how it is made. 

Belle, Well, I only know that the indigo tree 
or shrub grows two or three feet high. 

Fanny. And where do the cakes of blue 
come from ? They do n't grow, do they? 

Belle. No. The leaves are soaked in water, 
and the blue settles in the bottom of the vats ; 
then it is dried and sold. 

Fanny. And where do the little trees grow ? 

Belle, In warm countries, like South America. 

Fanny. Mamma told me about making red 
colors. 

Belle. Of what are they made ? 

Fanny. Some reds are made of little insects 
called cochineals. Carmine is made of them, too. 
'Belle. And of what other colors did your 
mamma tell you? 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 45 

Fanny. She told me of gamboge, which is 
made of the juice of a gum tree. 

Belle, And where does the tree grow ? 

Fanny, In Cambodia and other parts of the 
India islands. 

Belle. Some colors mixed make other colors, 
but I do n't know what they are. 

Fanny. I know that gamboge mixed with blue 
makes green. 

Belle. It *s very curious. I am going to ask 
mamma or papa to tell me all they knov/ about 
colors. 



WISHES. 

BOYS AND GIRLS. 

Sara. 
I wish I were a sky lark, 

I 'd fly up to the moon, 
Where Jack climbed on his bean stalk. 

And I would very soon 



46 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Find out what every little star 

Means when it twinkles so ; 
I 'd see which cloud is filled with rain, 

And which one holds the snow. 

Ben. 
I 'd rather be an eagle. 

For then I 'd be the king 
Of all the birds, and would not be 

Afraid of anything ; 
And I could fly as high as you, 

And sit on rocks and crags, 
And folks would put my picture on 

The nicest kind of flags. 

Lucy, 

I think I 'd rather be a tree, 

So tall and strong and high, 
When boys and girls looked up at me, 

They 'd think I touched the sky ; 
And birds would sing to me all day, 

What no one understands, 
They 'd build their nests, and I would play 

I held them in my hands. 



LlffLE PEOPLE. 47 

Susie. ^ 

It *s very nice to be a lark, 

And sing so very sweet, 
And any bird can fly above 

The mud that 's in the street ; 
A tree need never wash its face, 

It has no hair to curl, 
But still I think I 'd rather be 

Somebody's little girl. 

John, 

A bird is well enough, I guess, 

It stays out in all weathers, 
But then it squanders lots of time 

A trimming up its feathers ; 
And trees are chopped and sawed and split, 

All into boards and shingles, 
And girls must sew and learn to play, 

On many a thing that jingles. 
And curl her hair and wear a dress, 

There is no greater joy 
In all the world, that I can see, 

Than just to be a boy. 



48 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

CHOICE OF FLOWERS. 

FOUR GIRLS. 

First speaker. 

No flower to me is half so sweet, 

As are the morning-glories, 
I think they climb up high to meet, 

The birds, and hear the stories 
They tell each other 'mongst the trees; 

They lift their dainty faces 
To catch the early morning breeze, 

And down in shady places 
They stay awake 'till nearly noon, 

And then, the sunshine scorning, 
They close their eyes 'till night is gone 

Then wish us all good morning. 

Second Speaker. 

I love the tiger lily best, 
She 's like a queenly lady, 

In black and yellow gayly dressed ; 
Nooks that are dark and shady. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 49 

She leaves for flowers that are pale and weak, 

With light and flimsy dresses, 
I think she hears me when I speak, 

And feels my light caresses. 

Third Speaker. 
Well, all that I have got to say, 

If I 'd a hundred noses, 
I 'd rather have a big bouquet 

Of white and crimson roses ; 
I love them summer, spring and fall, 

I look at them for hours, 
The rose is loveliest of them all, 

And she 's the queen of flowers. - 

FoMith Speaker, 
But, oh ! the pansy, with its face 

So fresh and brightly beaming. 
Its modesty, its lowly place, 

From which it, upward gleaming, 
As if it only wished to see 

You should not tread upon her ; 

The rose is queen, but surely she 

Must be first maid of honor. 
4 



50 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

TOBACCO. 

TWO BOYS. 

Tom, I never can see what good there is in 
tobacco. 

JoJm, Neither can I ;. though I suppose it, hke 
other poisons, has its good uses. 

Tom. Other poisons! I did n't know it was 
a poison. 

Joht. I do n't know as it can be called a deadly 

poison, but when one gets sick from smoking or 

chewing tobacco it is because they are poisoned. 

Tom, Then why is it that after using it 

awhile they do n't get sick ? 

John, Because they get used to it just as one 
can get used to other poisons, especially such 
as opium, morphine, chloral and things of that 
kind. 

Tom, Well, I do n't see how any man can 
like the taste of tobacco well enough to hold a 
cigar in his mouth long enough to smoke it. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 51 

John. Or to chew up those great, ugly brown 
plugs. 

Tom. Or cram the mouth full of the stringy 
fine-cut. 

John, Or carry about a box full of snuff to 
paint their noses with. 

Tom. And get their nerves all out of order so 
their hands are unsteady. 

John, And their temper as shaky as their 
hands. 

Tom. And their throats are sore, and they 
worry everybody with their tobacco cough. 

Johi* And their eyes get weak and their sight 
bad. 

Tom. Oh, there is no end to the mischief that 
the use of tobacco makes. 
John. Then its cost is something, too. 
Tom. Yes, papa says many a man chews up 
his home, or puffs it away in smoke. 

John. Well, that is something I shall never be 
foolish enough to do. 



52 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Tom. Nor I. What do you think of forming 
an anti-tobacco society? 

John. I think it would be a good thing. Let 
us talk to the boys about it. 



INK. 

TWO BOYS. 



Harry. This morning, before school, I had to 
buy some ink, and I heard two men in the store 
talking about the different kinds of ink in use. 

Fred, Well, that was not much of anything was 
it? Black ink, and blue, and red, are most in 
use. 

Hafyy. Yes; and violet and brown. Besides 
the different colors of ink used in writing, there 's 
printers' ink. 

F7'ed, Well, is n't printers' ink just the same 
as that used in writing. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 53 

Harry, No, indeed. It is more of the nature 
of paint. It is much thicker than writing fluid. 
It has oil and lamp-black in it. 

Fred. Yes. I understand. I suppose that it is 
that makes the peculiar smell of newspapers 
when they are first printed. 

Harry. Then there is India ink. You Ve 
seen pictures done in India ink ? 

Fred, Yes, and it looks like anything else than 
ink when you buy it. 

Harry, I do n't see how people find out how 
to make so many things. Long ago people made 
ink out of soot mixed with some sort of gum. 

Fi'ed, Oh, I suppose they found out by try- 
ing, just as people find out things now. 

Harry. Yes, just as Edison found oift so much 
about electricity. 

Fred, And just as Bell found out so much 
about telephones. 

Harry. Well, if we do n't hurry we wo n't find 
out much about our lessons. 



54 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

DAYS OF THE WEEK. 

FIVE CHILDREN. 

First Speaker. 

Of all the days of all the week, 

I love the Sunday best, 
Then papa 's home, and brother John, 

It is their day of rest ; 
I go to church and Sunday-school, 

Nobody 's in a hurry, 
And all the day is still and sweet, 

Without one bit of flurry. 

Second Speaker, 

I 'ra glad when Monday morning comes, 

I have to keep so still 
On Sunday that sometimes I think 

It nearly makes me ill ; 
I like to go to Sunday-school, 

But not to church at night, 
And Sunday clothes make me so tired, 

And Sunday shoes are tight. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 55 

TJiij'd Speaker. 

I think I like the Fridays best, 
For then my school work 's done, 

And I can think and plan all day^ 
'About the lot of fun 

I '11 have, and all the things I '11 da 
And see on Saturday ; 

I help mamma, and sometimes ga 
To some nice matinee. 

Fourth Speaker, 

If I could have my choice I 'd make 

The days all just the same, 
I would n't have a Saturday, 

Nor any other name ; 
I would n't go to Sunday-school 

Nor look at book or slate. 
Nobody *d ever say to me 

'' Now, hurry ; you '11 be late ! " 
Sometimes I'd read a story book 

Or some sweet, pretty rhyme, 
But I 'd be busy every day, 

In having a good time. 



56 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Fifth Speaker. 

It seems to me if we but try 

To do the best we can, 
On every day of all the week, 

'T will be the better plan ; 
With work and play and lessons, too, 

We ought to say each night, 
I Ve tried to do my best all day ; 

I 've tried to do what 's right. 

All together. 

Yes, that is best, to do what 's right 

On every single day. 
No matter what may be it 's name, 

Or if we work or play ; 
At school, at home, if rain should fall, 

Or if the days be bright, 
We will not stop to scold or fret. 

But try to do what 's right. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 5/ 

THE SICK DOLL. 

I 

TWO LITTLE GIRLS. 

FaJtny. Good morning. 

Nelly. Good morning. Oh, do n't stop me, 
I 'm in such a hurry ! 

Fanny, Why, what 's the matter ? 

Nelly. I am going for the doctor as fast as 
ever I can. 

Fanny. Why you quite frighten me ! and you 
look pale. Have you the toothache or head- 
ache ? 

Nelly. Oh, I 'm not sick, it 's my doll, Eva ; 
she 's as sick as she can be ! 

Famiy. You do n't say so ! The new doll you 
got at Christmas ? 

Nelly. Yes ; the one with long golden hair. 

Fanny. And such lovely blue eyes ! 

Nelly. And shoes of the same color ! 

Fanny, Oh, how shocking ! What is the mat- 
ter with her ? 



58 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Ndly, Why, she *s got an awful big hole in 
her head ! 

Fanny. What a pity ! How did it happen ? 

Nelly. Well, you see, the way I came to call 
her Eva was because we went to a matinee to see 
*' Uncle Tom's Cabin," and you know how 
lovely Eva St. Clair was ? 

Fanny. Yes ; I remember, 

Nelly. And you remember when they cut off 
Eva's hair? 

Fanny. Yes, I remember that, too. 

Nelly, Well, you see, cousins Johnnie and 
Lucy, and sister Flo and I were playing Uncle 
Tom, and we were going to cut off my Eva's 
hair. 

Fanny. Yes, what fun ! Who was Miss 
Ophelia ? 

Nelly. Sister Flo was ; and when she was j ust 
going to snip off a little tiny speck of Eva's hair, 
because you know we were n't going to have her 
die for sure — 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 50 

Fanny. And you would n't put her in the 
ground, would you ? 

Nelly. No ; only make believe. But the kitty 
ran in and jumped on Flo's lap and pushed her 
hand, and 'the scissors hurt poor Eva's head. 

Fanny, I 'm so sorry ! I '11 go and see her. 

Nelly, Do go ! We are all so scared. I must 
go and get Lewis Long. He has a medicine 
case, and we are going to play he 's a doctor. 
Good-bye. 

Fanny, Good-bye. 



GYPSIES. 

TWO GIRLS. 



First speaker. 

Sometimes when I 've been in the house all day, 

I think how nice it would be 
If I were a gypsy and lived in a tent, 

And slept out under a tree. 



6o LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Second Speaker, 

Yes, in pleasant weather I know *t would be nice, 

But if it should thunder and rain, 
You 'd be awfully frightened, get up in a trice, 

And hurry back home again. 

First Speaker, 

If I were a gypsy girl, I would n't care 
For a rain-storm ; I s'pose I 'd be sent, 

Sometimes when the weather was not very fair, 
To stay in a water-proof tent. 

Second Speaker, 

But then in the winter when howling winds blew, 
And the ground was covered with snow, 

I would n't like that, and neither would you. 
Then where do you think you would go ? 

First Speaker. 

I 'd go where the birds go as soon as the breeze 
Gave the least little hint of the cold ; 

I 'd go where the oranges grow on the trees 
As bright and as yellow as gold. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 6l 

Seco7td Speaker. 

But you know such awful big snakes live there, 

And spiders, and all sorts of things 
That creep on the ground and fly in the air — 

And those that can't bite have stings. 

First Speaker, 

Well, rd have a grandma, an old gypsy queen 
WhoVl kno^v about poisons and things ; 

She'd cure every snake-bite as soon as 'twas seen, 
As well as all manner of stingos. 



STAMPS. 



TWO BOYS. 



Arthur. I am making a collection of postage 
stamps. 

Ala7t. Are you : I have had collections of 
almost everything but stamps ; I have had minerals, 
all kinds of woods, and coins. 



62 LITTLE DIALOGtJES FOk 

Arthur. Coins must be very hard to get. 

Alan, Yes, they are, and then I always wanted 
to spend them. 

Arthiir. Stamps are great fun, and if you try 
you can collect them quite easily. 

Alan, I should think you would lose them, they 
are so small. 

Arthur, They are not all small, and then I 
have a book I jDaste them in. I am trying to get 
one of each kind from all the different countries. 

Alan, That will be hard to do. 

Arthur, Yes, but I am going to try ; they are 
so pretty, all different colors ; some pink, some 
green and some blue. 

Alan, How do you paste them in your book, 
all in rows ? 

Arthtcr, No. I enjoy pasting them in, for I 
have a book just made for it, with the names of all 
the different countries and a place for each stamp 
the country has used. 

Alan. How many stamps have you } 

Arthur, Four hundred and thirty. 



I.ITTLE PEOPLE. 63 

Alan, That is a great many ; how did you get 
them all ? 

Arthur, A great many have been given to me. 
i have some from Egypt with the sphinx and a pyra- 
mid on them ; then I have a funny three-cornered 
one from the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. Of 
course I have lots of United States stamps and a 
good many French ones. 

Alan. What is your best stamp ? 

Arthur, A big English one that I bought. It 
is one of the first ever printed, and quite valuable. 

Ala?!, How did you come to buy that one .'* 

Arthur. I will tell you. You will think it 
sounds like a stor}^ out of a book, but it is really 
true. Jack Brown, the boy I bought it of, has a 
great many stamps, and where he goes to school 
the teacher had been collecting them, too. One 
day he told the boys he would give his stamps to 
the boy who collected the most up to the holidays. 
Jack had the most, and this stamp was among those 
the teacher gave him ; he is poor, though, and he 
sold it to me for a dollar and a half, for he wanted 



64 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

to make his mother a Christmas present of a pair of 
shoes. 

Alan. That was very kind of him ; he must be 
a good boy. 

Arthur, He is, and a smart one, too. 

Ala7i, What other stamps have you ? 

Arthur, Oh, I have some other English ones, 
with the picture of the queen, and one that is red 
and green with a white head, from a little island 
in the North sea, that belongs to England. I have 
found out from these stamps that a great many 
places all over the world belong to England. 

Alan, How do you know where the stamps 
come from ? 

Arthur. Papa tells me all about them and 
about the countries they come from. He says I 
learn a good deal of geography in that way without 
know^ing it. 

Alan, It must be like play to study that way. 
I think I will make a colledlion too. 

Arthur, I w^ould if I were you, and I will give 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 65 

jou some of the stamps that I have more than one 
of to begin with. 



LITTLE WORKMEN. 

First Speaker, 

Under the blue sky of the south, 
And under the pale green sea, 

Are thousands of tiny workmen, 
As busy as they can be. 

Second Speaker, 

I know there are fish in the ocean, 
But they splash about and play ; 

Who then are these busy workers 
Who work on a summer's day? 

Pirsi Speaker, 

The coral workmen of the sea — 
Far, far in its depths they grov/, 

And they look like fairy flowers 
In a garden green below% 



bt LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Second Speaker, 

How can they work beneath the wave^ 
Of the shining southern sea ? 

What can such tiny creatures do 
But bright and pretty be ? 

Fi7'st Speaker, 

Fast to the great, strong rocks they cih'xg 

By hundreds and hundreds yet ; 
And build and build, until at last 

To the water's top they get. 
Then over the coral, sand and leaves 

And seeds by the wind are blown ; 
The years go on and flowers bloom— 

The coral's an island grown, 
Fair and green in the southern sea, 

With stately shading trees ; 
The waves break softly on the shores 

That are swept by the balmy breeze^ 

Second Speake7^, 

That is as queer as a fairy tale, 
But better because it's true, 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 67 

And from the coral, it's very plain, 

We can learn a lesson, too : 
To work right on, though great the task, 

And on, till out of the sea 
Of work, in sunshine bright our lives. 

Like the island fair, may be« 



THE COMPASS. 



THREE BOYS. 



Jack, Would you like to cross the ocean? 

Rob. Yes, I love the water ; last summer 1 
learned how to swim. 

Fraiik, I don't believe you could swim in the 
ocean, where the waves are strong and high. 

Rob. Perhaps not, but I might for a few min- 
utes. If I ever fell overboard I should try, anyway. 

Jack, I should like to sail around the world. 

F7'ank. So should I, and see all the wonderful 
things we read about. 



68 LITTI.E DIALOGUES FOR 

Roh. How do they know how to steeV a ship 
when it's out of sight of land, and there is nothing 
to see but sky and water ? 

Jack. Why, they have a compass to show them 
which way to sail. 

Frank, What is a compass? 

Jack, A wonderful instrument, that is made 
like a round box, marked with letters that stand for 
north, east, south and west ; in the center it holds a 
little steel needle, called a magnet, that is balanced 
on a j^ivot so that it can swing easily around, and 
the steel needle is so made that whichever way the 
ship may sail the needle will point to the north. 
In the mariner's compass, or sailor's compass, the 
needle is fixed to a card that has the letters on it and 
the card turns v/ith the needle. 

Roh, Weil, how does that help to show you the 
way If you want to sail to the east ? 

Prank, I know that ; for if you look towards the 
north, the east is to the right, the west to the left 
and the south behind you. 

Rob. What did they do before they had the 
compass ? 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 69 

Jack. The compass is hundreds of years old 
now, but they must have tried to keep in sight o^ 
land all they could so as not to lose their way. 

F7^ank. I think they steered their ships by 
watching the sun, moon and stars. 

Rob, Those were fair-weather guides, 

Jack. Yes, and after the compass was known, 
great discoveries were made over the seas-— brave 
men sailed across waters they knew nothing about, 
as we know now — and it was by its help Colum- 
bus found our America. 

Frank, I think I will ask our teacher to draw 
us a compass on the blackboard and show us just 
how they steer ships by it. 



SONGS OF NATIONS. 

FOUR. B O YS. 

First speaker. 
Over the sea I want to go. 

To merry England's shore. 
Whose gallant ships sail to and fro ; 

Where brave knights fought of yore ; 



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To see its towers and ivy green, 

Its soldiers dressed in red, 
And hear them sing ^'God save the Queen,'* 

Caps off and bare of head. 

Second Speaker. 

England is far too dull and staid ! 

Now I would have a sight 
Of sunny France, where silk is made. 

And all are so polite. 
Not only silk worms can they raise, 

But great, brave armies, too. 
And when they sing the ''Marseilkise/' 

It thrills a Frenchman through. 

Third Speaker. 

With dear old Grimm in fairy tales, 

I've been to Germany, 
And all its fairy hills and vales 

I surely want to see, 
And hear the Germans sing their song, 

*'Die Wacht am Rhein," some day, 
And sail the storied Rhine along, 

And see its castles gray. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 7I 



Fourth Speaker. 

Of course, I want to travel, too, 

And see just all I can, 
And that's what I intend to do 

When I become a man. 
But though I wander far, yet still 

I'm sure the same 'twill be, 
That Yankee Doodle always will 

Be best of all to me. 



PINS. 

TWO G2KLS. 



Kate, Oh, I wish I had a pin, to fasten this 
flower with ! 

Edith, What a lovely rose ! Here is a pin. 
Kate. Thank you, T never have one. 
Edith. I do, I am always picking them up at 
home. 

Kate. Why do you do that?. 



72 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Edith, Mamma gives me a penny for ev2ry 
dozen I find on the floor ; she is so afraid the baby 
will get them. 

Kate. How nice ! but a pin never seems worth 
the trouble of stooping to pick up, unless you want 
to use it. I wonder what people did before they 
had* pins? 

Edith, They used buckles and hooks and 
things of that sort, but that was three or four hun- 
dred years ago. 

Kate, Do you know how they first came to use 
pins ? 

Edith^ Papa told me something about them 
the other day. I had just picked one up, and he 
asked me if I had ever thought how the useful little 
things were made. 

Kate, Then did he tell you t 

Edith. Yes, he said they were first made of 
iron wire. The French were the first to make 
them of brass, I think, and it must have taken some 
time to make them, doing the work nicely by hand. 
Now they are made mostly by wonderful machinery 
vvhich makes them by the thousand. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 73 

Kate* How are they made by machinery? 

Edith, The wire has to be first straightened and 
cut the right length ; then the head is hammered 
out, and the pin pointed ; after that it is yellowed 
or cleaned, then whitened or tinned, and then Mr. 
Pin is ready to march into line with all the other 
pins of his regiment or paper. 

Kate. Well, the pin maybe made very quickly, 
but it must take ages to put the armies of little pins 
so evenly in their papers, 

Ediths No, that is as quick as any other part to 
do, for it is done by a machine, too ; and this ma- 
chine is kept hard at work by two children, one to 
give it paper, the other pins. 

Kate, How I should like to see them doing it ! 

Edith, The papers are all ready pricked to re- 
ceive the pins, and in the machine the pins fall into 
place in rows, and then, bang ! they are pressed 
into the rows of holes, made for them. 

Kate, I am glad to know that. I think almost 
everything around us would seem wonderful If we 
learned all about It. 



74 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

THE ARTS» 

FIVE BOYS OR GIRLS. 

First speaker. 

I should like to be an artist ; 

I'd paint such lovely things, 
Like meadows, cows and brooks and sheep, 

And birds with spreading wings. 
I would paint red sails in Venice, 

And Italy's blue skies. 
To Paris go, and there I'd win 

And everywhere, a prize. 



Second Speaker. 

I should like to be a sculptor : 

In marble, white as snow, 
I'd make such pretty girls and boys^ 

And Cupid with his bow, 
And marble heads of all my friends — 

For I would have a name 
In something that would last for years^ 

And lasting make my fame. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 75 

Third Speaker, 
Fd love to be an archite6l, 

And see throughout our land 
The splendid buildings rising 

That by me had been planned. 
I'd build old English cottages 

That would delight the eye, 
And stately Gothic churches 

With spires fair and high. 

Fourth Speaker. 
I would make a name in music, 

Be famous, far and near, 
For such sweet tunes, the little birds 

Would stop their songs to hear. 
I would not write them all alike, 

But sad and gay by turn ; 
And then, I'd make some easy ones 

For little boj'S to learn. 

Fifth Speaker^ 
I should like to be a poet : 

Some verses from my pen 
Would be about great battles, 

And deeds of noble men ; 



76 LITTLE DIALOGUES FO» 

And others, of the loveliness 
Of earth and stars above — 

Such happy songs, that in men's heart! 
rd win, not fame but love. 



WATCHES. 

TWO GIRLS. 

Annie. Here is a piece of Charlie's birthday 
cake. 

BelL Is it his birthday today? How old is Tie? 

Annie. Ten. The cake was so pretty ; it was 
frosted, and had ten blue and white candles on it. 

BelL What fun ! Did he get that watch he has 
wanted so much? 

Annie. Yes, and such a beautiful one ! Every- 
one asks him what time it is. Papa says he will 
wear the spring of the cover out, opening and shut- 
ting it. 

BelL Is he going to wear it all the time, now ? 

Annie. Yes, and papa said, now he need never 
be late for school again ; if he is careful of H and 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 77 

winds it about the same time every day, it will keep 
good time, for it is a very fine one. 
JBelL Is it silver or gold? 

A7tnie, Gold ; it came from Switzerland. 
BelL Where is that? 

Annie, In Europe. They make such beauti- 
ful watches there, they send them all over Europe 
and America. Papa said it was one of the greatest 
industries of Switzerland. 

BelL What else did he tell you about it? 

Annie. He said thousands of people worked on 
them there. Some in their own homes on different 
parts, and some just worked putting the little parts all 
together. 

BelL They must be good workmen. 
Annie. Yes, among the best in the world. 
BelL What else can they make ? 
Annie. Jewelry, and they carve wood beauti- 
fully, and make such wonderful music boxes. 

BelL There is Charlie now ; let's ask him what 
time it is. 



'78 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOP 

OTHER LITTLE PEOPLE, 

FOR FIVE BOYS AND GIRLSe 

Fred, 

Were I a little Chinese boy, 
And had to wear a cue, 

I'd gather tea, have lots of rice 
And eat with chopsticks too. 

Jennie, 
Were I a little German maid, 

Quite still I'd have to sit, 
And wear my yellow hair in braids, 

And stockings learn to knit. 

Jack, 
Were I a little Laplander 

rd dress from top to toe 
In fur, then wdth my swift reindeer^ 

Off like the wind I'd go. 
Maud, 
Were I a dark Venetian maid, 

Whenever I went out 
T'd take a gondola and sail 

The river streets about. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 79 

Robbie. 
Were I a little Dietcher lad, 

Ydi lie, midst summer flowers, 
And watch the great w^ind-mills turn 'round, 

And skate in winter hours. 

AIL 
Through all the world, the boys and girls 

Some happiness would find. 
But happiest, wherever they 

Are brave and true and kind. 



THE CAMEL. 



Tom, What fun we had at the circus 3 ester- 
day ! 

George, Yes, wasn't it splendid .^ What did 
you like best } 

Tom, Oh, I liked the riding, the horses were so 
fincj and how those men could ride. 

(jkeorge, I was very sorry for the clovv'n ; he 
wanted to do as well as any of them, but he seem- 
ed >xaid. 



8o LITTLE DLA.LOGUES FOR 

To7n. Well, I didn't blame him. I would not 
like to try doing some of the things they did, riding 
three and four horses at once, jumping through 
hoops and over banners. 

George, I liked those little ponies, and the 
trained dogs, that jumped over rails. 

Tom, I think I liked the wild animals the best, 
after all. We looked at them before the circus 
began. Did you ride on the camel.? 

George, No, did you ? 

Tom, Yes ; he seemed like a gentle old fellow, 
but the man with the turban on his head walked 
beside me all the time. 

George, What a funny looking thing a camel 
is ! It must be pretty slow to ride on. 

To7n, Yes, but it's just what is wanted for a 
long journey in the desert where they use them. 

George, What is a desertf^ 

To7n, A big, sandy tradl of land, where, for 
miles and miles, you may not find any shade or 
water. There are places in them called oases, where 
there are springs of water, grass and trees, and you 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 8l 

may be sure that travellers are very glad when they 
come to them. 

George. But why do they use camels, to ride 
on? 

To7n, Because, though they travel slowly, they 
can stand journeys of hundreds of miles. Their feet 
have very hard, thick soles so they do not feel the 
hot desert sand, and they can do without water for 
a long time, for they keep a store of it in hundreds 
of little cells in their stomachs. 

George. That is queer ; do you know an}^hing 
else about them ? 

Tom, Well, they are taught to kneel down to 
be loaded, or for their riders to mount them ; their 
eyes have long eyelashes, to shade and keep the 
sand from blowing in them, and they can shut their 
nostrils, too, to keep out the sand. 

Their sense of sight and smell is very sharp, and 
they can scent water a great way off. Another 
queer thing is that the hump on their back is for 
use, too ; their backbones are as straight as a dog's 
or a cat's, but the hump is made mostly of fat, 
which helps the camel to do without eating if food 



82 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

is scarce, and his master can only spare him a little ; 
but their masters are very kind to them, I think, 
and the camels are very patient. 

George. What do they eat? 

To7n. Grass and dates and locust-beans. They 
use camels, too, in other v^ays ; from their hair they - 
manufadlure cloth and those nice, little, soft paint- 
brushes we get in a paint-box. 

George, I vv^ish I had ridden on the camel, at 
the circus. I don't believe I should care to cross 
the desert on one, though. 

To7n, No, I don't think I should, either. Some- 
times, though, two or three thousand cross together, 
loaded with things to sell in other countries. 

George. That would not be so lonesome, but 
I don't believe I should care for it, even then. 

Tom. The camel is so useful to the desert trav- 
elers, though, that they have given it a very pretty 
name. 

George. What is it? 

Tom. It*s called the ship of the desert. 



I 



LITTLE PEOPLE. S3 

THE RAINBOW- 
SEVEN CHILDREN. 

AIL 
Seven colors in the dew-drops gleam, 

When the sun is bright overhead — 
Violet, indigo, blue and green, 

Yellow and orange and red. 

Fi7'st Speaker. 
What is violet? Why, it is found 

In the flower, dainty and sweet ; 
And sometimes seen in the evening sky, 

AVhere the hills and cloud-line meet. 
Seco7id Speaker, 
What is indigo .^ Far from the east 

Came its name, but I should say 
As the blue to make the wash look nice 

*Tis a color for every day. 
Third Speaker^ 
What is blue? The bright, shimmering sea, 

And blue are the summer skies ; 
The turquoise is blue, but fairer yet 

Is the blue of baby's eyes. 



§4 LITTJ.E DIALOGUES FOR 

Fourth Speaker* 

What IS green? Why, the velvet grass, 

So pleasant to walk upon ; 
Emeralds are green, and the spreading trees, 

That shelter us from the sun. 

JFifth Speaker, 

What is yellow? Pale gold from the mine, 
And yellow the waving wheat, 

And bright little buttercups that come 
So early the spring to greet. 

Sixth Speaker* 

What is orange? Oh, far in the south 

Do the golden apples grow 
That bear the name ; and orange, too, 

The ox-eyed daisies blow. 

Seventh Speaker* 

What is red? Why, the robin's breast, 
The fire that flashes and glows 

In the ruby, and among the flowers 
Is tlie red of the queenly rose. 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 85 



AIL 



Seven colors in the rainbow gleam, 
When the rain- drops have been shed — 

Violet, indigo, blue and green, 
Yellow and orange and red. 



WAYS OF TRAVELING. 

JVed. I saw a pidlure in one of my school-books 
today of a man who had been up in a balloon, and 
the balloon had come down on the water and not 
on the land ; the man was in the water hanging on 
to the cords of the balloon. 

Dick. Do you know what became of him? 

Ned, Yes, it was a true story, I think ; after a 
while, a ship came along and he was saved. 

Dick, Well, I should not care to go up m a 
balloon, anyway. Do you know what they are good 
for? 

Ned, Sometimes they have been used in war to 
carry messages. I should not care to go up in one 
either ; when I travel ^ I shall take some other way. 



S6 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Dick, How would you like to travel best? 

Ned, Oh, I love to travel in the steam cars, 
they go so fast, and there is always so much to see, 
as you go flying past fields and woods, rivers and- 
waterfalls. 

Dick. I should like to cross the United States 
that way. Papa says it takes six days ; just think 
what a big country it is ! 

Ned, Yes ; how long it must have taken people 
to cross it before they had any cars, and when they 
traveled in wagons. 

Dick, I should like to travel a little way in one 
of those old stage coaches they used then. 

Ned, You would get tired of it very soon ; they 
were too slow. 

Dick, After all, I would rather travel by water. 
I v/ant to cross the ocean in one of those big steam- 
ers, that carry hundreds of people on board. 

Ned, Yes, aren't they splendid.'' Papa took me 
all over one once. The}^ are just like great big 
houses. 

Dick, Do you know, in some of the warm 
countries they use donkeys to ride on } 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 87 

Ned, Yes, I have seen pictures of people on 
them, and of their being loaded to cany things, too. 

Dick. Then they use camels, in some places. 

Ned, And in pi6lures of Santa Claus, he is 
always driving reindeer. Where do they use them } 

Dick, Way up in the north, in Lapland. They 
are strong and they draw the sledges swiftly over the 
snow. 



FAIRY FOLK. 
Alice, 



Of all the fairy people 

Which would you like to be? 
Now I would be a mermaid, 

Who lived down in the sea. 
Sometimes Fd come up, when the moon 

Was shining bright and clear, 
And sing and sing, until the fish 

All clapped their fins to cheer. 



88 LITTLE DIALOGUES FOK 

Charlie, 

I would be Puck, the fairy : 

rd travel everywhere, 
rd skip about the mountains 

And skim about the air ; 
A humming-bird should bear me ; 

Such merry tricks I'd play — 
Drop beetles on the little boys, 

And steal gu'ls' curls away. 

Florence. 
rd be a fairy godmamma : 

A magic v^and I'd bear, 
And give all doleful little maids 

Such pretty gowns to wear ; 
And then, if they were doleful still, 

A fairy prince I'd bring, 
Who'd ask them which they'd rather ha /e 

A pearl or diamond ring. 

Frank. 
I'd be a giant, tall and strong : 
With such a voice I'd roar 
That mermaid, Puck and godmamma 



LITTLE PEOPLE. 89 

With fear would tremble sore, 
rd pick them all up in my arms, 

And, ere I set them free, 
With seven-league boots, I'd take a trip 

Across the land and sea. 



RUBIES AND PEARLS. 

TWO GIRLS. 

Janet. What a lovely party Edith had! 

Dora, Yes, we all had such a good time. 

Jafzet, I love to play games. What fun we had 
at blind-man's-buff! 

Dora, And stage coach. 
Janet, And London bridge. 

Dora, Which side wxre you on? 

Janet, Edith's. I chose the pearl necklace. 

Dora, I was on Isabel's ; she had a ruby ring 
for her side. 



go :.ITTLE DIALOGUES FOR 

Janet, I don't think I have ever seen a ruby, 
but Aunt Margaret has a pearl necklace, and that 
is the reason I chose that side. Pearls are so 
pretty. 

Dora, Do you know where they come from ? 

Janet. Yes, from under the water. They are 
found in oysters, and in other shell fish of that 
kind. 

Dora, How do they get them ? 

Janet* Men called divers go after them : they 
go out in boats, to where the oysters are found, and 
they dive down, sometimes fifty feet and sometimes 
even more, under the water, and then they gather 
the oysters as fast as they can into net baskets they 
have with them, and when they are ready to come 
up they pull the rope they have fastened to them, 
and the men in the boats pull them up. 

Dora, Are rubies found in oysters too? 

Janet. Oh, no, they are found in soil of sand, 
clay or gravel, that is made by the action of water ; 
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